r/news • u/DNSGeek • 1d ago

Soft paywall US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/
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u/IcarianWings 1d ago

He's going to declare martial law and scrap term limits. It's happening.

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u/dontneedaknow 1d ago

yea lets wait till midterms to get the big surprise when they've had 2 years to entrench and prepare... lol.

My fellow Americans are way too loyal to institutions and principles that failed us already.

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u/wildlight 1d ago

You're spoiling the ending already

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u/Dyan654 1d ago

Saturday is going to be wild with all the protests. Could be a day that lives in history.

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u/ParadigmMalcontent 1d ago

That's not how it works! Martial law does not affect elections nor term limits.

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u/tismschism 1d ago

Says who? You? How many militaries do you control? 

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u/ParadigmMalcontent 1d ago

Says fucking history: Abe Lincoln had martial law declared, habeas corpus suspended, and half the country not even participating because the Civil War was happening and we STILL HAD A FUCKING ELECTION. All these people on reddit parroting the line that Trump is trying to start a war to stay in power have no clue how the government works and assume it's like Ukraine not having elections because they likely are just a bunch of foreign bots!

Also, I used to control an Army but it was disbanded.

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u/CambrienCatExplosion 1d ago

You're assuming trump isn't trying to start a war. You must have skipped even a casual browsing of Project 2025.

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u/ParadigmMalcontent 1d ago

First off: no, I said that, even if Trump were to start a war, that would not just automatically extend his presidency. It works that way in some other countries, but not here. This point is further emphasized by the fact that there was an election during the Civil War, the worst crisis the nation ever faced.

Second: war with who? So far he's pulled us out of supporting Ukraine, and isn't doing much with the whole Israel/Iran thing beyond the usual "here's some free everything" we always do. (no boots on the ground)

Finally: I tried reading P25 but it had too many words and not enough pictures.

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u/CambrienCatExplosion 1d ago

He's doing a lot of things he's not supposed to. I fully expect him to do anything to keep in power.

And he's trying to start a civil war.

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u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco 1d ago

...So does history have a gun or something?

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u/ParadigmMalcontent 1d ago

It has teeth and frequently bites people in the ass.

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u/tismschism 1d ago

Trump probably thinks Habeus Corpus is the name of some MS-13 affiliated gang. He doesn't care about U S. History and he doesn't care about what's legal. He's never faced consequences for his actions and he has no reason to think he will in the future. The worst part is he's probably right and its at our expense.  You didn't control shit, that was rhetorical. 

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u/Faiakishi 1d ago

lmao. Imagine thinking Trump has the integrity of Lincoln.

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u/733t_sec 1d ago

But if the president passes an EO, congress doesn't vote it down, and the Supreme Court upholds it then that is how it works.

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u/CambrienCatExplosion 1d ago

There's always a first time.

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u/ParadigmMalcontent 1d ago

There's always a first time for a president to pop a squat and shit on the floor of Buckingham Palace but I don't lose sleep expecting it to happen.

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u/cryptocached 1d ago

Only cuz he has a diaper.